The Amtrak Series: Not Too Many Reporters Got There from Here…

Though transportation options were plentiful, budgets weren’t. Murray Chass calls the number of newspapers that are not covering the World Series an indication of a dying industry…

Trying to be like the Cool Kids: Give Microsoft an E for Effort…

Remember just over a year ago, when Microsoft’s attempt at being cool involved running ads that featured Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates shopping at a discount shoe store? The word pleather sticks in my mind… and I guess that’s appropriate since that word describes fake leather (actually it is a… more »


Like ringtones for hybrids… Boosting awareness the techie way

What’s your hybrid sound like? That’s the question that Max asks in the “Jetta TDI Meets Prius” Volkswagen commercial. Max is referring to the fact that the Prius lacks a cool sound.  Coolness seems to be the least of its problems.  As far as the safety experts are concerned, a… more »

Chilly? How about a heated jacket that’ll give you a charge?

Dealing with chilly conditions? Mountain Hardware can help PLUS keep your portable devices charged up…


From Target to 7-Eleven, Domo Delights in State-side Appearances

Meet Domo. The brown lumpy character, mascot of Japan’s giant public television and radio broadcasting organization NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation in English), is now appearing at 7-Eleven stores near you. As strange as it may seem, it isn’t too far of a stretch to get to how Domo ended up… more »